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Tracker / CVE-2004-1068

CVE-2004-1068

Medium 6.2

A "missing serialization" error in the unix_dgram_recvmsg function in Linux 2.4.27 and earlier, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat linux_advanced_workstation
ubuntu ubuntu_linux

Analysis

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